Pre-sale questions

I've just practically meet LiteSpeed Web Server and i must confess that i'm very impressed. The installation and the cPanel integration were quite easy. I've been running the lsws since yesterday and the server load averages are 2-3 times lower. But of course i have a few questions before buying a license.

1-) I've tried many things to activate gzip compression for the dynamic content but it never worked. It's working for static content and the custom compressible types i specified. I test it with this tool http://whatsmyip.org/mod_gzip_test/ I have mod_deflate for my apache 2.2 and it's working great with the lines below added to the top of my httpd.conf:

What's are the equivalent settings for lsws? Please specify them one-by-one for the Tuning screen.

2-) I'm currently running lsws 2-cpu 15 day trial version. When i switch to Apache 2.2, the server load averages are about 8.00. They are between 3.00-3.80 for lsws. If i buy a 4-cpu license, can we think they will drop to 1.50-2.00? This is my web server (apache-PHP), nothing else is using the resources. Server hardware:
Dual Quad Core Cpu (E5335 @ 2.00GHz)
8 GB RAM, 10K RPM, 73GBx2 HDD, RAID1

3-)I've been running apache with the settings below (i don't want to switch to load balanced environment since i had bad experiences with it in the past, 1 dual quad core web server + lsws installed and 1 quad core db server will be enough for me i guess):

4-) What are the optimized values for the security (ddos)? My site is a big one (most active section is the forum) with 200k+ daily unique hits. Google spider is crawling 250k-300k pages in a day. I don't want to block or limit it. So can you please show me some recommended values for these settings?

5-) I can easily see 404 file not found error messages in apache's error log at cpanel. I think lsws' logging system is a little more complicated. How can i only display 404 file not found messages and fix the broken images, links etc at lsws?

6-) Too many "The size of dynamic response body is over the limit, abort!" warnings, which option i should change?

1-) I've tried many things to activate gzip compression for the dynamic content but it never worked. It's working for static content and the custom compressible types i specified. I test it with this tool http://whatsmyip.org/mod_gzip_test/ I have mod_deflate for my apache 2.2 and it's working great with the lines below added to the top of my httpd.conf:

All Gzip related configures are there. Those apache directive has no effect on Litespeed.

2-) I'm currently running lsws 2-cpu 15 day trial version. When i switch to Apache 2.2, the server load averages are about 8.00. They are between 3.00-3.80 for lsws. If i buy a 4-cpu license, can we think they will drop to 1.50-2.00? This is my web server (apache-PHP), nothing else is using the resources. Server hardware:
Dual Quad Core Cpu (E5335 @ 2.00GHz)
8 GB RAM, 10K RPM, 73GBx2 HDD, RAID1

The easiest way is order a monthly license, we have 30 day money back guarantee. If you want to upgrade to owned license, we will use the monthly payment as credit towards that.
I think 4-CPU license wont lower load to 1.8-2.0, but you can give a try.

3-)I've been running apache with the settings below (i don't want to switch to load balanced environment since i had bad experiences with it in the past, 1 dual quad core web server + lsws installed and 1 quad core db server will be enough for me i guess):

4-) What are the optimized values for the security (ddos)? My site is a big one (most active section is the forum) with 200k+ daily unique hits. Google spider is crawling 250k-300k pages in a day. I don't want to block or limit it. So can you please show me some recommended values for these settings?

5-) I can easily see 404 file not found error messages in apache's error log at cpanel. I think lsws' logging system is a little more complicated. How can i only display 404 file not found messages and fix the broken images, links etc at lsws?

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We do not log all 404 file in the error log due to Ruby On Rail support. Right now, use a log analyzer or just scan access log should work.

6-) Too many "The size of dynamic response body is over the limit, abort!" warnings, which option i should change?

The warning means that PHP generate a response body over the limit.
It will cut off the response body, whether to close the connection is based on the "Keep Alive" setting.

You need to create a Listener with IP:80 for your web site, then set the "Binding" to all 4 processes. This way, all four lshttpd process will be actively serving that web site, otherwise, only one process is active.

I think 4-cpu license is unnecessary for me (8000 max connections, 7758 free). I only run 1 web site via this box. Do you it's the best option for me to cancel my 4-cpu license and buy an owned 1-cpu license?

I think 4-cpu license is unnecessary for me (8000 max connections, 7758 free). I only run 1 web site via this box. Do you it's the best option for me to cancel my 4-cpu license and buy an owned 1-cpu license?

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More CPU core is better for serving static content and HTTPS traffic. Also better anti-DDoS capabilities.

It is up-to you. If you want to go ahead with the owned 1-CPU license, I will cancel your 4-CPU license and apply credit to the owned license.